Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded

Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and

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Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded

Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and

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Boaz Moldawsky Elected President of IDE

Ramat Gan: After a tense election campaign, which included a second round of voting, Mr. Boaz Moldawsky was declared yesterday the new President of the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE). Mr. Boaz Moldawsky, a second-generation diamantaire, whose family was among the founders of the Israeli diamond industry, is the joint CEO of the Moldawsky Group. He has served as Vice President

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Examining the Still Unrealized Potential of Brands

Milan: It was the Greek philosopher Aristotle and not a branding guru who first coined the term “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” but it could well have been the marketing guy. The ability of a brand to elevate a product’s perceived value, over and above the accumulative worth of its various components, is a hallmark

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Exemption of AIDC to boost Jewellery Exports: GJEPC

Mumbai: The Finance Ministry of India has issued a notification dated 17th February 2021, of the amendments made to the finance bill 2021 with regards to the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) exemption on gold/Silver bars and dore for exporters. However, it maintains that the gold/silver bars and dore imported for domestic use will attract AIDC. In the Finance

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Guide for Classifying Natural & Cultured Pearls

Milan: CIBJO’s Pearl Commission has released the first edition of the CIBJO Guide for Classifying Natural Pearls and Cultured Pearls. The 62-page illustrated document provides an overarching view of natural and cultured pearls, from both seawater and freshwater sources, and highlights the important parameters by which their appearance can be described and assessed in terms of physical dimensions and quality. It is

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Demand for Indian Gold Jewellery to Rise

Mumbai: India’s gems and jewellery exporters are set to shine brighter than domestic retailers. Positive signs from export destinations such as higher disposable income and consumer spending as well as improvements in consumer confidence is set to support export volumes of gems and jewellery, maintain analysts. An economic recovery is also set to benefit exporters, reports Mineweb.com. Indian exporters are

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IGI Becomes Premier Affiliate Sponsor of NCDIA

New York: The International Gemological Institute (IGI) has joined the Natural Color Diamond Association (NCDIA) as its first premier affiliate member. With an aim to educate consumers and increase global demand and desire for natural color diamonds, NCDIA is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization. Beyond the record-breaking blue and orange diamonds sold recently at auctions, the association has been working to

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ADB to Participate in Int’l Diamond Week

Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) announced that a delegation of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse (Beurs voor Diamanthandel) will join colleagues from the Diamond Dealers Club of New York to take part in the International Diamond Week at the Israel Diamond Exchange, from Monday, September 1 to Thursday, September 4. “We’re very pleased that the Antwerp Diamond Bourse will

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EGL International Clarifies…

Ramat Gan: EGL International Managing Partner and CEO Guy D. Benhamou has categorically refuted claims made on a regional television station in the United States that EGL’s grading standards were lower than those of its competitors. He added that it was untrue that EGL had been contacted for comment on the case by the TV station as claimed in an

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